Hindustan ([Hindustān], [Hindustān], [ɦɪn̪d̪ʊst̪aːn]) "Hindu land",'s one of the popular names of India. Though the meaning of Hindustan has evolved over the years, after the partition of India it primarily refers to the Republic of India. Etymology Hindustan's derived from the Persian word Hindu, which's itself's derived from Sindhu, Sanskrit for the Indus River. This together with a popular suffix -stān (Sanskrit and Old Persian 'sthāna',… (More on Hindustan)